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- From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: Normal MSDOS multitasking!
- Message-ID: <bern.724451246@kleopatra>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 20:27:26 GMT
- References: <1ghb1vINNccb@ub.d.umn.edu> <5831@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1992Dec14.234659.21162@vpnet.chi.il.us>
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- In <1992Dec14.234659.21162@vpnet.chi.il.us> cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka) writes:
- >In article <5831@krafla.rhi.hi.is> einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason) writes:
- >>No, that is not a multitasking. MeSsy-DOgS handles the pipe line with
- >>something like this:
- >>Run first program to completion, with standard output redirected to a
- >>temporary file.
- >>Wait until first program has finished.
- >>...(etc.)
- >A little experiment to demonstrate this: Do a 'DIR/P', then compare
- >the output to 'DIR | MORE'.
-
- Another Proof: Try Piping when you "are" currently on a write-protected Floppy.
- Will fail with "write Error". Regards,
- J. Bern
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